Jekyll, Gertrude. Wall and Water Gardens. With chapters on the Rock-Garden and the Heath-Garden.
7th. Ed. Pub. Country Life. 1928 pp.xvi, 214 with b/w. photos. throughout. Large 8vo. Contents very clean and nr. fine. Original cloth boards thor. vg.
£25.00 [ref: 61273]
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Jekyll, Gertrude. Wood and Garden. Notes and Thoughts, Practical and Critical, of a Working Amateur.
2nd. Ed. Pub. Longmans, Green & Co. 1899 pp.xvi, 286 with b/w. photos. 8vo. Hardback. VG.
With 71 illustrations from photographs by Gertrude Jekyll.
£20.00 [ref: 38973]
Jekyll, Getrude. Colour in the Flower Garden.
1st. Ed. Pub. Country Life & George Newnes. 1908 pp.xiv, 148 with b/w. photos. & six fold-out planting plans plus publisher’s 10-page catalogue. 8vo. Hardback. Early signature to ffep. Short closed tear to blank margin of Contents leaf. Spotting to fore-edges of text block, to ends and occ. throughout o/w. contents fine. Original cloth with gilt lettering to front in vg. plus condition.
Gertrude Jekyll (1843-1932) created over 400 gardens in the United Kingdom, Europe, and the United States, and her prolific and enduring advice on gardening, published across magazines, books, and journals, remain influential references for gardeners.
£75.00 [ref: 71361]
Jellicoe, G.A. Studies in Landscape Deisgn. Volume Two.
Pub. Oxford Unversity Press. 1966 pp.xvi, 126 with b/w. plates and other text figs. Hardback. Contents fine. Dustwrapper taped to boards.
An exploration ‘of the shaping of the land to accomodate the inumerable activities of modern man’.
£10.00 [ref: 46350]
Jellicoe, G.A. The Landscape of Civilisation. As Experienced In The Moody Historical Gardens.
1st. Ed. Pub. Garden Art Press. 1989 pp.200 with colour and b/w. photos., illus., and drawings throughout. 4to. Hardback. Signature. Fine hardback in fine dw.
Describes the inspirations behind the initial conception of the Moody Historical Gardens in Galveston, Texas.
£10.00 [ref: 61584]
Jellicoe, G.A. The Landscape of Civilisation. As Experienced In The Moody Historical Gardens.
1st. Ed. Pub. Garden Art Press. 1989 pp.200 with colour and b/w. photos., illus., and drawings throughout. 4to. Hardback. Address label neatly removed from ffep. A fine hardback in fine dw.
Describes the inspirations behind the initial conception of the Moody Historical Gardens in Galveston, Texas.
£15.00 [ref: 55071]
Jenkins, J. (et al). The Conservation of Historic Gardens. Proceedings of a Symposium held by the Garden History Society and Ancient Monuments Society, 9th May, 1984.
1st. Ed. Pub. Garden History Society. 1984 pp.51 with b/w illus. 8vo. Softback. Nr. fine with some darkening to covers.
A collection of essays conerning the protection and conservation of historic parks and gardens. Case studies include Sylvia Landsberg on the Tudor House garden in Southampton, and John Harvey on The Gardens of Kirby Hall, Northants.
£8.00 [ref: 63369]
Jennings, A. Victorian Gardens.
1st. Ed. Pub. English Heritage. 2005 pp.90 with colour photos. and illus. throughout. 8vo. Fine hardback with gently sunned spine.
With practical suggestions for creating a period feel in your own garden.
£5.00 [ref: 60008]
Jermyn, J. Alpine Plants of Europe. A Gardener’s Guide.
Pub. Timber Press. 2005 pp.320 with colour photographs and text illus. A fine copy in a near fine dustwrapper.
£20.00 [ref: 46956]
Jermyn, J. Alpine Plants of Europe. A Gardener’s Guide.
1st. Ed. Pub. Timber Press. 2005 pp.320 with col. photos. & text illus. 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw.
With this reference gardeners can successfully replicate alpine plants' native conditions, allowing them to grow such choice alpines as gentians, daphnes, and Dianthus. Dramatic photographs and descriptions take readers through the Pyrenees, Alps, Balkans, and Carpathians to capture the charms of these unique mountain plants.
£12.50 [ref: 67223]